Los Cabos is a
municipality located at the southern tip of
Mexico's
Baja California Peninsula, in the
state of
Baja California Sur. It encompasses the towns of
Cabo San Lucas and
San José del Cabo (the municipal seat), as well as the
Resort Corridor that lies between the two. The area was remote and rural until the latter 20th century, when the Mexican government began to develop Cabo San Lucas for tourism, which then spread east to the municipal seat. The main draw is the climate and geography, where desert meets the sea, along with
sport fishing, resorts and golf. This tourism is by far the main economic activity with over two million visitors per year.